November 1999

FreeBSD at COMDEXSlashdot, Brett GlassBrett Glass sent this message
to the FreeBSD -chat mailing list, about his experiences and
perceptions at COMDEX. Of particular interest are the problems he
had trying to get vendors to support the BSDs and Linux.

July 1999

WORLDS LARGEST INDEPENDENT IPP HITS NEW MILESTONEPair Networks, pair Networks press releasepair Networks, Inc., the World's largest independently owned and
operated paid hosting service, today announced that it has surpassed
the 60,000 Web site milestone. Their web servers in their
state-of-the-art data center house more than 2 Terabytes of storage,
and deliver up to 100 million hits per day to site visitors. pair
uses FreeBSD in order to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.

FreeBSD Offers a Sound Open Source AlternativeInternet World, James C. LuhOutside technical circles, many remain unaware of viable choices
for internet servers---like the FreeBSD operating system that drives
Web servers for such high-profile names as Yahoo and Best Internet
Communications (now part of Verio).

February 1999

The Economist, Software that has been developed by thousands of volunteers and is
given away is often better than the stuff for sale. Note: The
article is no longer available online without registration.

GartnerGroup, While finished thin servers should be optimized in both hardware
and software for the task at hand, who says the software and hardware
must come from the same developer? This Perspective examines the
emerging trend in the OEM market of divorcing the software layer from
the hardware layer. Many operating systems are vying to be the OS of
choice for thin servers. This document examines this issue in detail,
particularly the differences between Linux and FreeBSD, the current
de facto leaders in the market. Note: The article is no
longer available online without registration.